QNA
Doha
The Department of Islamic Research and Studies at the Ministry of Endowments (Awqaf) and Islamic Affairs, in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MoEHE) concluded the cognitive foundation symposium held over three days.
In a statement on Thursday, the Ministry of Awqaf said the symposium targeted males secondary school students to build their cognitive immunity regarding several aspects of Islamic law and to enhance their knowledge, as well as Islamic values and identity.
Director of the Department of Research and Islamic Studies HE Sheikh Dr Ahmed bin Mohammed bin Ghanem Al Thani said the symposium comes within the framework of the department’s interest in the youth segment, which represents hope and a promising future, and its keenness to care for them and consider their problems, needs and challenges they face, and prepare programmes that contribute to their cultural fortification, civilisational awareness and preservation of their identity.
He added the department’s efforts to build cognitive awareness among the youth, instil values and raise them to horizons of moral excellence, as this symposium is considered a qualitative addition to a series of diverse and multiple cultural projects that the department has put forward in its extended journey, most notably the Umma Symposium series.
He stated that the series chose the theme of ‘Cultural Incubators’ for its first season as the cognitive and cultural vessel that elevates the knowledge of the individual and the Muslim community, and the means that develops its cultural outcome, stressing that the selection of four incubators for the season (libraries, mosques, schools and councils) comes to confirm their special importance and based on the fact that they represent, as a whole, the tool that creates thought, develops knowledge and increases awareness.
The symposium witnessed the participation of 218 students from seven secondary schools and 14 supervisors.
The schools were divided into three groups, the first group included Musab Bin Omair Independent Secondary School, Qatar Banking Studies School, and Khalifa Secondary School, with 60 students.
The symposium was held at Imam Muhammad Ibn Abd Al-Wahhab Mosque on Sunday, January 12.
The second group included Abdullah Al Misnad School and Simaisma Secondary School for Boys, with 103 students.
The symposium was held at Nasser Al Misnad Mosque in Al Khor City on Monday, January 13, while the third group included Al Wakrah Secondary School and Amr Ibn Al Aas Secondary School, with 55 students. The symposium was held at Qanbar Al Ansari Mosque in Al Wakra City on Tuesday, January 14.
The symposium presented its topic in six main axes, prepared by Dr Muhammed Saeed Al Hajri, on the concept of constants and variables, the importance of knowledge of constants and variables, the criteria of constants and variables in the provisions of Islamic law, people’s attitudes towards constants and variables, doubts about the chapter of constants and variables, and methods of immunity and treatment.